I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I`d take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse.
I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven`t graduated yet. I`m not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day.
I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off.